[sho]

> is VERY significant and representative of what statehood represents in the US

Not really. It's frigging pot. It's been de-facto legal for decades.

Show me a state doing something serious, like banning guns, reversing roe v wade, changing the state language, change the voting age. Difference-between-country stuff. I should have thought of something like that for my initial post; would have reduced this silly nitpicking.

And thanks, I'm not from the USA but I'm from a federation too so yeah, I have some idea. As for the China knowledge - looking forward to your cogent, evidenced retort. 请说普通话。

[matwood]

> banning guns, reversing roe v wade

You realize gun and abortion laws already vary greatly from state to state?

[sho]

No-where near as much as they vary country to country.